Oct 16 The Tuesday Cutline…a Winner! This week was tough choice, as we we had several great Tuesday Cutline captions submitted for the photo below. Before we get to the winner, here's the original caption to the photograph taken by Michael Stewart of WireImage. Continue reading
Oct 16 The Daily Frame Dutch police guard the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam on Tuesday morning after several paintings were stolen sometime overnight. Police said seven paintings, including by Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet, were taken. Continue reading
Oct 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Diagnosis’ Sharon Olds is the author of several books of poetry, including "The Dead and the Living," winner of the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award; "The Unswept Room," a finalist for the 2002 National Book Award and the National Book… Continue reading
Oct 15 The Daily Frame An Indian artist prepares tribal masks for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja, which commemorates the slaying of a demon king Mahishasur by goddess Durga, marking the triumph of good over evil. Continue reading
Oct 12 Dodge Poetry Festival Gets Underway The 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival is underway, billed as the largest poetry gathering in North America. This will be the third time it's being held in Newark, after many years in the woods in a much more rural New Jersey… Continue reading
Oct 12 The Daily Frame South Korean policemen dance to "Gangnam Style" in the stands of Formula One's Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Thursday. Korean pop star Psy, whose hit song has basically taken over the world, will wave the checkered flag in Sunday's… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch For Mo Yan, a Case Study in the Politics of Being a Chinese Literary Figure For Mo Yan, a Case Study in the Politics of Being a Chinese Literary Figure… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Poet Sharon Olds’ New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Poet Sharon Olds' New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage… Continue watching
Oct 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Sharon Olds Poet Sharon Olds reads from her new book, "Stag's Leap."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy announced Thursday morning that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 to Chinese writer Mo Yan. In its announcement the academy described Mo as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history… Continue reading